Yes...you read that right...After 13+ years at our current location on River Rd., we are moving just up the road to Chemawa. Why? Well, we've grown. This was a great spot when we were still a fledgling operation, but we've outgrown the building - more classes, more fabric, more everything! It's been on our minds for a while, but the right place didn't come up...until now! It's of course bittersweet - we will miss our friends at Copper Creek (and the taco truck! Seriously, if you haven't paid him a visit, please do - the chorizo tacos are amazing) but this will be really wonderful!
So first off, you might be wondering where exactly is the new place? Here, let's have a lookie at this handy-dandy map:
See? Not too far...a whopping 0.6 miles north! So what's the new place like? For starters...it's nearly double what we have now. We will have a large retail space, a very large classroom space that divides into two complete rooms, two bathrooms, an actual, for real, no joke office, and plenty of parking. It's hard to pin down what we're most excited about in the new space itself, it's all good news.
What we are the most excited for in the new chapter at The Cotton Patch, is our new partnership with Rich's Sew and Vac. For our long time folks, you'll recall that Rich's was over on Market St. for a long time until they moved solely down to Albany. They're under new ownership now, and part of their new chapter is opening up a Rich's Annex here in Salem - with us! We will be a pick up and drop off site for repairs, with a few familiar faces from Rich's joining us on-site. More to come on this - but Rich's will be back in Keizer very soon!
So what can you expect for the rest of this month?
- You can still pick up and drop off quilts for Christmas for your longarmer(s) that currently use our shop as their pick up/drop off site - as always, please contact them before leaving your quilt so you know their turnaround time for the holidays.
- We will not be accepting any more Linus Project drop offs through the end of the year (we will resume after we move)
- If we are holding something for you, please make arrangements as soon as possible to pick it up, or let us know if it can be taken off hold.
- We have some blocks from recent Block of the Month programs that haven't been picked up. If you have not picked them up yet, please make arrangements to do so or contact us to have them mailed.
After we get settled in, we will continue to be a pick up and drop off point for the longarmers we do this with today, and we will still be a Linus Project drop site.
As always, please look to our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/KeizerCottonPatch) for the most up-to-date information on our hours and activities. This move of course falls around the holidays and inclement weather so...
Whose idea was it to move in December again? Ours? Oh, right.
Just a reminder - Our Facebook is a public business page so you don't need to have your own Facebook account to view the page, you just won't be able to react to or comment on our posts. We will communicate any changes to hours there as we get closer to our moving days.
Thank you to everyone for your well wishes and support!
1. Congratulations!
ReplyDelete2. So no more parking lot pond on rainy days?
3. Do you need boxes for moving?
4. Will Rich's be sharpening scissors?
Hi Elizabeth,
ReplyDeleteThank you! Unfortunately, we do lose our "lakefront property," lol. No more sailing through the parking lot!
Please give the shop a call about the boxes, Diane will be able to share more on what she needs.
Yes, Rich's will be doing scissor sharpening as a service, which will be super nice!
Congratulations!!
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